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432 pages 6" x 9"SoftcoverISBN-13: 978-1-85604-958-0Year Published: 2014
This groundbreaking edited collection explores the challenges of preserving complex digital objects
such as simulations, visualizations, digital art, and video games. Drawing on the outputs of the JISC-funded
Preservation of Complex Objects (POCOS) symposia, enhanced with specialist pathfinder solutions,
this book covers topics such as the legal and technical challenges of preservation, curation and
authority, and digital archaeology. Written by international experts from a broad background of library,
collecting institutions, information and computer science, and digital preservation backgrounds, this
collection showcases the state of the art of the discipline and brings together stakeholder perspectives
from across the preservation community.About the Editors

Janet Delve and David Anderson lead the Future Proof Computing Group, one of the research clusters in CiTech at Portsmouth University, UK.Reviews

”An essential resource for anyone engaged in digital preservation
Activities … Keeping up to date with advances in digital
preservation know-how is challenge enough in itself; bringing together these outputs
from the POCOS meetings in a single print resource provides much-needed practical
assistance."
— Online Information Review

”If you read only one book this year about the state of digital preservation, this is the book you should read."
— Archival Issues

”A well written and a valuable read for the preservation field."
— Against the Grain